Sunitha Veerappa Gowda is an Indian politician from Karnataka.[1] She is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Bannur Assembly constituency in Mysore district representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3]
Sunitha is from Somanathapura, Mysore.[4]
Sunitha became an MLA for the first time winning the 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from Bannur Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. She polled 33,522 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Chikkamada Nayaka of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 5,663 votes.[5][6] She later shifted to the Janata Dal (S) in January 2023 joined the Indian National Congress Party.[7][8][9]
In February 2011, she was elected as the president of the Mysuru Zilla Parishad for the second time following an alliance between JD (S) and BJP.[4][10]
References
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- ↑ "Elections 2004 - Constituency Wise Results - Karnataka Assembly". 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- 1 2 "High political drama brings JD(S)-BJP together". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "IndiaVotes AC: Winner Candidates of BJP for 2004". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ S, Gururaj (20 January 2023). "Breaking; ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸೇರಿದ ಮಾಜಿ ಶಾಸಕಿ". Kannada One India (in Kannada). Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "T Narsipura: Former MLA Sunitha Verappa Gowda finally joins Congress". TV9 Kannada (in Kannada). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ Kumar, K. Shiva (7 May 2023). "No easy waters at this confluence of rivers as top three fight it out". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "ZP members give suggestions on how to prevent farm suicides". The Hindu. 10 September 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 May 2026.